Exterior Surface & Paint Centre Intern - Placement Year

Start With What Energises You.

Everything starts with passion at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and to bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Our teams work as a strong unit where every opinion is valued. We have set future-focused goals within a practical and long-term framework - all with the intention to enact positive change and continue our pursuit of proactive responsibility. Plus, we pride ourselves on providing a friendly, supportive environment and management style, having some great benefits for our employees, career development, progression and work-life balance.

We’re committed to providing an environment where you can be yourself and be your best. This includes welcoming you into an inclusive culture, investing in your continuous learning and development, giving you access to breadth and depth of experience. We want to provide you with challenging and rewarding opportunities to make a difference, offering flexible working options and giving ample reward and recognition.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Goodwood – Exterior Surface & Paint Centre Placement Year – July 2027

We have 4 placements available within our Exterior Surface Centre at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Our available roles sit within:

• Paint shop production.
• Product and Structure Planning.
• Quality and Process Engineering.
• Vehicle Body Quality.
  
  

It takes incredible craftsmanship to deliver Rolls-Royce quality, therefore making the paint finish perfect is vital for every Rolls-Royce. This is why the work of our Exterior Surface Centre couldn't be more important. During your time in the team, you will learn all about working in an area that covers every aspect of Surface Finishing a Rolls-Royce vehicle. This includes automated paint application with precision robots and meticulous surface inspection, preparation and masking by highly skilled associates and detailing the products beyond the expectations and standards of our customers. You will work alongside our ambitious quality specialists who work non-stop in ensuring our body shop quality targets are met and issues found are steered back to our body manufacturing partners in Germany. Furthermore, you will also support our production team in achieving their daily production requirements.

What awaits you?

• Supporting the team in the procurement and preparation for installation phase of a new paint facility.
• Reviewing concept maturity and change requirements in preparation for equipment commissioning.
• Evaluation and feasibility assessment of new equipment and controls technologies for new paint facility.
• Reviews and updates to structure layout and engineering drawings.
• Data gathering, analysis and continuous process improvements.
• Assisting in planning and preparation of new model vehicle build phases.
• Streamlining of reporting requirements and preparation for annual audits.
• Liaising with manufacturing and suppliers for material and process trials.
• Measuring and analysing product and process characteristics to support further development of surface finish quality.
• Steering of system improvements to support the production processes.
• Analysis of data to understand areas of focus and steering of KPI’s.
• Liaising with support functions such as planning, logistics and the technical laboratory for process, product and facility optimisation.
• Analysis of quality issues (geometry topics, process topics, integration topics, etc.) and quality reporting.
• New model launch work and managing special body trials.
  
  

What should you bring along?

• Studying towards a Bachelor’s or integrated Master’s degree in an Automotive/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Industrial Engineering or similar course.
• Experience with MS Excel / Office Suite, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), SharePoint, Power BI and other business analytics tools.
• Experience with technical drawings and software is preferred (ie.CAD).
• Drive to create unconventional solutions and ideas.
• Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills, with exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Good organisation and time management skills, with the ability to show high attention to detail in every task.
• Flexible working approach depending on specific requirements and able to prioritise activities, work under pressure, multi-task and solve problems.
• Highly self-motivated and capable of working with minimal management input.
  
  

What can you look forward to?

• Great Pay – A competitive annual salary, 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata to your contract) and an attractive pension scheme.
• Exciting Additional Benefits – You will have the opportunity to enjoy other employee benefits, a subsidised on-site restaurant and access to our Advantages scheme which gives you a range of offers and discounts.
  
  

What do you need to do now?

If you apply, the next stages of the recruiting process include a virtual assessment centre and an in-person interview with the hiring manager.

Please note:

To be eligible for this position, you must be returning to your studies, for a minimum of 6 months, after completion of this placement. You must be able to provide proof of your legal right to work in the UK. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of disability, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sex or sexual orientation. At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 18th October 2026

Any further questions? Email us on recruitment-uk@bmwgroup.com

Exterior Surface & Paint Centre Intern - Placement Year